Understanding Student Fees
How to Pay Your Tuition
We make tuition payments easy and convenient by offering online payment through your RaiderNet account via ACH/E-check or credit card. To access the online payment, login to your RaiderNet account, click Student Billing and then CashNet Access.
Payment fees are as follows:
| Type of Payment | Service Fee | Location |
| ACH/E-Check | $0 | Online Only |
| Cash | $0 | In-person (Niceville or DeFuniak location) |
| Check | $0 | In-person (Niceville or DeFuniak location) or via mail |
| Money Order | $0 | In-person (Niceville or DeFuniak location) or via mail |
| Credit Card (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express) |
2.85% for domestic cards; 4.25% for international cards Note: Transactions between $20-$106 are charged an additional $3 service fee |
Online only |
If you do not wish to pay online, you can make cash, check, or money order payments with the cashier at the Niceville Campus or Chautauqua Center in DeFuniak Springs. You may also mail check or money order payments (no cash, please) to:
Business Office
Northwest Florida State College
100 College Blvd.
Niceville, FL 32578
Course Fees and Tuition
Course fees are assessed for laboratory and other high-cost courses, such as those that may require equipment, additional supplies, liability insurance or other special costs. This fee is listed under the Fees tab on the class search details screen and is on file in the Business Office.
2024-2025 Proposed Course Fees – Changes Only
See the Complete Tuition Fee Breakdown
Cost of Attendance
Cost of Tuition
In State Cost of Attendance
Fall or Spring |
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With Relative |
Without Relative |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition & Fees | $ 1,662 | Tuition & Fees | $ 1,662 | |
| Room/Board | $ 2,489 | Room/Board | $ 4,465 | |
| Books/Supplies | $ 720 | Books/Supplies | $ 720 | |
| Transportation | $ 1,188 | Transportation | $ 1,193 | |
| Miscellaneous | $ 1,000 | Miscellaneous | $ 1,000 | |
| TOTAL | $ 7,059 | TOTAL | $ 9,040 | |
Summer |
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With Relative |
Without Relative |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition & Fees | $ 1,662 | Tuition & Fees | $ 1,662 | |
| Room/Board | $ 1,660 | Room/Board | $ 2,976 | |
| Books/Supplies | $ 720 | Books/Supplies | $ 720 | |
| Transportation | $ 792 | Transportation | $ 792 | |
| Miscellaneous | $ 668 | Miscellaneous | $ 668 | |
| TOTAL | $ 5,502 | TOTAL | $ 6,818 | |
Baccalaureate |
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Fall or Spring |
Summer |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition & Fees | $ 1,938 | Tuition & Fees | $ 1,938 | |
| Room/Board | $ 4,465 | Room/Board | $ 4,465 | |
| Books/Supplies | $ 720 | Books/Supplies | $ 720 | |
| Transportation | $ 1,193 | Transportation | $ 1,188 | |
| Miscellaneous | $ 1,000 | Miscellaneous | $ 1,000 | |
| TOTAL | $ 9,316 | TOTAL | $ 9,311 | |
Out of State Cost of Attendance
Fall or Spring |
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With Relative |
Without Relative |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition & Fees | $ 5,817 | Tuition & Fees | $ 5,817 | |
| Room/Board | $ 2,489 | Room/Board | $ 4,465 | |
| Books/Supplies | $ 720 | Books/Supplies | $ 720 | |
| Transportation | $ 1,188 | Transportation | $ 1,193 | |
| Miscellaneous | $ 1,000 | Miscellaneous | $ 1,000 | |
| TOTAL | $ 11,214 | TOTAL | $ 13,195 | |
Summer |
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With Relative |
Without Relative |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition & Fees | $ 5,817 | Tuition & Fees | $ 5,817 | |
| Room/Board | $ 1,660 | Room/Board | $ 2,976 | |
| Books/Supplies | $ 720 | Books/Supplies | $ 720 | |
| Transportation | $ 792 | Transportation | $ 792 | |
| Miscellaneous | $ 668 | Miscellaneous | $ 668 | |
| TOTAL | $ 9,657 | TOTAL | $ 10,973 | |
Baccalaureate |
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Fall or Spring |
Summer |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition & Fees | $ 6,863 | Tuition & Fees | $ 6,683 | |
| Room/Board | $ 4,465 | Room/Board | $ 2,976 | |
| Books/Supplies | $ 720 | Books/Supplies | $ 720 | |
| Transportation | $ 1,193 | Transportation | $ 792 | |
| Miscellaneous | $ 1,000 | Miscellaneous | $ 668 | |
| TOTAL | $ 14,241 | TOTAL | $ 11,839 | |
Textbook Cost Information
The below textbook lists are posted in compliance with Rule 6A-14.092, Textbook Affordability.
Fee Payment Deadlines
When you complete your class registration, you are encouraged to pay your tuition and fees immediately or no later than the Tuition Payment Deadline noted in the Academic Calendar. It is the student’s responsibility to honor this due date. Keep in mind that if you do not pay your entire account balance, you will be dropped from all courses regardless of prior or partial payments (unless you have a Nelnet payment plan). For additional information about account fees, please contact the Business Office.
Refunds
You can receive a full 100% refund up to and during the schedule adjustment period for the term. Refund checks will only be issued for $1.00 or more. Refunds less than $1.00 will be paid in cash at the Business Office on the Niceville Campus.
You may request a full refund after the schedule adjustment period by completing the refund request form found below. Only the following refund requests are considered valid and will be approved: Serious illness, military orders, death of the student or student’s immediate family, circumstances beyond the student’s control, or administrative college error. Refunds are NOT authorized for changes in work schedules or for enrollment status changes due to illegal activities. Refund requests must be submitted by the last day of the semester for which a refund is requested as published in the Academic Calendar. See the official appeal form for specific guidelines and criteria. Students needing assistance with this form should contact a Student Success Navigator at [email protected] or (850) 502-2895.
The refund request process may take up to 10 business days. You will be notified of the disposition via your college email account.